"We've done it (the live nativity scene) most years for 39 years, starting in 1974," said Sally Johnson of the Young Fishers of Men, a nondenominational Christian organization. The scene involves at least 40 people and numerous appropriate farm animals. This year it will be enacted in front of the La Junta Municipal Building on Dec. 21, 22 and 23, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. All are invited to come by and pet the farm animals. The scene has been enacted in many places, including the Plaza area across from the railroad station in La Junta, Las Animas and Swink. People volunteer to stay longer than than their two-hour shifts, but Johnson says the danger of exposure to the cold is too much. "In a season of high stress, franticness and commercialism, this tableau causes us to reflect on what this season is really about - Jesus coming to Earth to reconcile God and man, bringing peace and goodwill to man. The message he brought was one of hope," said Johnson.